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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 15 points 3 days ago

Big Tech companies are starting to look like IBM in the ~~1960s~~ 1940s

https://historyguild.org/ibm-and-auschwitz-new-evidence/?srsltid=AfmBOooKCzx_2SlvJxE-O9kHoeZEiyPbTne67zO1oPEi8jIj2a3XA8lL

In August 1943, a timber merchant from Bendzin, Poland, arrived at Auschwitz. He was among a group of 400 inmates, mostly Jews. First, a doctor examined him briefly to determine his fitness for work. His physical information was noted on a medical record. Second, his full prisoner registration was completed with all personal details. Third, his name was checked against the indices of the Political Section to see if he would be subjected to special punishment. Finally, he was registered in the Labor Assignment Office and assigned a characteristic five-digit IBM Hollerith number, 44673. The five-digit Hollerith number was part of a custom punch card system devised by IBM to track prisoners in Nazi concentration camps, including the slave labor at Auschwitz.

[-] Speaker@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

The point is well-taken, but I think the headline is still accurate since tech companies are currently working very hard to deny their involvement in globe-spanning Nazi genocide despite their branding being on all the death machines, just like IBM in the 60s.

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